Biden mourns 500,000 dead, balancing nation’s grief and hope
Addressing the ‘grim, heartbreaking milestone’ directly and publicly, Biden stepped to a lectern in the White House Cross Hall and delivered an emotion-filled eulogy With sunset remarks and a national moment of silence, President Joe Biden on Monday confronted head-on the country’s once-unimaginable loss — half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic — as…